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Can you boil water for formula in advance?

My baby is 3 weeks old. I want to know if you can boil water for formula in advance?

3 Answers

Boiling water for formula is not recommended. When you boil the water, the "pure water" escapes as vapor, leaving the toxins, heavy metals and other contaminates behind. (That "vapor," when captured, is how to make "distilled water.") Therefore, you have essentially INCREASED the concentration of the precise elements that you were trying to eliminate. Use bottled water or water filtered through a commercial filtration system.

Shelley C. Springer, MD, MBA, MSc, JD, FAAP
Yes you can
Yes, you can, however, you can use distilled water as well.